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A family name on West Cordova Street, Downtown

The Pattersons

In the city directories 1940 · six people at six addresses

The directories print six people named Patterson at six addresses in 1940, all on West Cordova Street, with the close spellings Peterson, Paterson and Petterson. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 160 other streets too, all listed on the Patterson name's own page.

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Where the Pattersons lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    9 West Cordova Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Henry Peterson, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Royal Bk at 1 and fred's barber shop at 15. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    14 West Cordova Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • A Peterson, a tailor 1940

    Next door in 1940: Garbo Cafe at 12 and Central Drug Store at 16. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    50 West Cordova Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • R Petterson, a miner 1940

    Next door in 1940: Hatchery Queen at 36 and C Carlson at 52. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    58 West Cordova Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs A F Peterson, widow of A 1940

    Next door in 1940: L Cohen at 56 and Project Workers Relief at 60. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    610 West Cordova Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Margaret Peterson, a maid at the Almer Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: St Francis Hotel at 604 and grandview hotel at 618. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    658 West Cordova Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Stan Peterson, a miner 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Kodaira at 626 and Burnaby Cafe at 660. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a miner (2), a maid and a tailor. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (6). Each neighbourhood's page shows its trades, its people and every street in it, the way the directory printed them.

The story, address by address

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Henry Peterson at 9 West Cordova Street, retired. A Peterson, a tailor, is listed at 14 West Cordova Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Axel W Peterson there, a tailor. The 1940 name section lists R Petterson at 50 West Cordova Street, a miner.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs A F Peterson, a jeweller, at 58 West Cordova Street. The 1940 name section lists Alma F Peterson there, widow of A. The 1940 name section lists Margaret Peterson at 610 West Cordova Street, a maid at the Almer Hotel. The 1940 name section lists Stan Peterson at 658 West Cordova Street, a miner.

Today

9 West Cordova and 50 West Cordova still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 14 West Cordova, 58 West Cordova, 610 West Cordova and 658 West Cordova, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Pattersons

Every directory, as one book

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Sources

Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line: the street sections for 1905, 1915, 1925, 1935, 1940 and 1945, and the name section for 1930 and 1940 where we've read it (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages, since a family's name was often spelled differently from one year to the next; one name can still be several families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. Many Chinese, Japanese and other residents weren't named by the canvassers, so they can't be listed by name: their houses' pages say where. More family names under P. Want a name removed? Tell us.